THURSDAY 7/3
Get your nails done.
FRIDAY 7/4
Get a pedicure.
SATURDAY 7/5
G. M. FORD
A Blind Eye is G. M. (“General Motors”) Ford’s third mystery featuring local writer Frank Corso, first introduced in Ford’s novel Fury. Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St, 587-5737, 1 pm, free.
REGINA LOUISE
A poor black child faces everything poor black children seem to face in the movies (she’s beaten and abandoned by her family, lost in the social service system, etc.)–and only through love does she see the light. Louise recounts her true story in Somebody’s Someone. Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm. Also, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333, Tues at 7 pm.
SUNDAY 7/6
Get your hair did.
MONDAY 7/7
HEIDI JULAVITS
See Stranger Suggest, page 28. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm.
TUESDAY 7/8
ELIZABETH HAND
Hand, author of the novelization for The Affair of the Necklace (I’ve always wondered about the authors of novelizations–haven’t you? I mean, what poor, thankless work it must be… anyway, back to the capsule at hand) and one of those Star Wars tie-ins, gets her geek on with the sci-fi folks at Clarion West. UW Campus, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room, 720-1008, 7:30 pm, $3-$4.
ALICE HOFFMAN
In The Probable Future, the Hoffman literary factory explores further the omnipresence of magic in a multigenerational tale of witchcraft. You know, like Sabrina. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 pm, free.
* MONKEYBICYCLE READINGS SERIES
This month, Monkeybicycle celebrates the publication of its second volume, along with the publication of the Aaron Burch-edited Hobart. Lux, 2226 First Ave, 7:30 pm, free.
WEDNESDAY 7/9
BHARTI KIRCHNER
Darjeeling author Kirchner returns with a novel, set in Seattle, whose title is a little easier on the tongue: Pastries: A Novel of Desserts and Discoveries. Elliott Bay Book Company, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.
KATHY REICHS
Beginning with the charred remains of a dead baby, Bare Bones, Reichs’ sixth volume about fictional forensic scientist Temperance Brennan, follows a grisly path of carnage. University Bookstore, 634-3400, 7 pm, free. Also, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 587-5737, 10 pm, free.
POETRY/OPEN MICS
HOMELAND–Words. So many words. Tuesdays at 7 pm. Caffe Vita, 1005 E Pike St, 709-4440, free.
POETSWEST–Featuring Michael Welch. Sun July 6 at 7 pm. Penny Cafe, 1707 NW Market St, 682-1268, free.
SCRATCHING POST–Poetry open mic, all ages. Thursdays at 8 pm, signup at 7:30 pm. Mr. Spot’s Chai House, 5463 Leary Ave NW, 297-2424, free.
SEATTLE POETRY SLAM–Open mic and slam with Karen Finneyfrock. Wednesdays at 8 pm. Bad Juju Lounge, 1518 11th Ave, 709-9951, $4.
WOMEN’S POETRY NIGHT–Spoken word from the fairer sex. Thursdays at 8 pm. The Bar, 1525 E Olive Way, 322-1788, free.